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Akihiro Kanamori
Akihiro Kanamori | |
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金森 晶洋 | |
.jpg) Kanamori playing chess in 1975 | |
| Born | October 23, 1948 Tokyo, Japan |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge |
| Known for | The Higher Infinite |
| Spouse | Tamara Awerbuch-Friedlander (until divorce) |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Boston University |
| Thesis | Ultrafilters over uncountable cardinals (1975) |
Akihiro Kanamori (金森 晶洋, Kanamori Akihiro, born October 23, 1948 in Tokyo) is a Japanese-born American mathematician. He specializes in set theory and is the author of the monograph on large cardinals, The Higher Infinite.[1] He has written several essays on the history of mathematics, especially set theory.
Kanamori graduated from California Institute of Technology and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge (King's College), and is a professor of mathematics at Boston University.
With Matthew Foreman, Kanamori is the editor of the Handbook of Set Theory (2010).[2]
- ^ Reviews of The Higher Infinite:
- F. R. Drake, Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society, doi:10.1112/S0024609396221678
- Joel David Hamkins, Studia Logica, JSTOR 20016207
- Azriel Lévy, Journal of Symbolic Logic, doi:10.2307/2275615, JSTOR 2275615
- Pierre Matet, MR1321144
- M. Weese, Zbl 0813.03034
- P. D. Welch, Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, doi:10.1017/s0013091500019532
- ^ Unofficial collection of some chapters of the Handbook of Set Theory
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